Get the most out of your GT 050Q

The EC2 is an eSATA card capable of delivering higher bandwidth than
FireWire can, up to 125MB/s on each of it's eSATA connections. It's a
3Gbps/port SATA II card which uses a PCIe slot in your computer. Using
eSATA, copy speeds will increase significantly when moving large
amounts of data from one drive to another. Typically, a GT 050Q can
transfer around 70MB/s when connected via FireWire 800. If connected to
our EC2 card, speeds of over 110MB/s are easily attainable using the
same drive. Higher bandwidth is quite handy when you need to backup the
entire contents of your 1.5TB GT 050Q drive. Best of all, it's quite
affordable and ships with a 1-meter eSATA cable.

With your audio applications

Audio applications also work well using our EC2 card. We've seen
slightly better track-count performance using a GT 050Q connected via
eSATA compared to FireWire 800. It's only slightly better becuase the
drive itself is the limiting factor, not the speed of the bus. A single
disk spindle can only play so many audio tracks with edits, so using a
faster connection to the drive doesn't deliver a significant increase
in audio tracks. However, some FireWire-based audio interfaces and
external processors don't play well with FireWire drives on the same
bus, so connecting your drive via eSATA makes lots of sense. Especially
when you need the fastest speed possible for storage and the best
reliability for your audio interface.

With your video applications

In a video capture and editing environment, the highest bandwidth
possible is needed. The EC2 maximizes the connection to your GT 050Q
delivering over 100MB/s of sustained transfer.

In combination with Glyph Products

The EC2 is designed to be used with single-drive enclosures such as
the GT 050Q. The HighPoint card is the best match for high-performance
RAID enclosures holding two or more drives, such as the GT 062E and
ForteRAID.

Driver Download

You’ll need to install the driver for the Silicon Image 3132 chip,
which is the chip on the EC2 card. You can either download the correct
driver, or you can install the driver from the CD that came with your
EC2 card. Downloading the driver may be safest since Silicon Image may
release new drivers since you bought your card. Make sure to download
the BASE driver, not the SATARAID5 driver.

Driver Download

Download the driver for the Silicon Image 3132 chip, which is
the chip on the EC2 card. You can either download the
correct driver,
or you can install the driver from the CD that came with your EC2 card.
Downloading the driver may be safest since Silicon Image may release
new drivers since you bought your card. Make sure to download the BASE
driver, not the SATARAID5 driver.

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